SUDAN WATCH

Dec 9 2006 from Inthenews.co.uk - Blair hints at Sudan sanctions : Tony Blair has hinted that sanctions could be imposed against the Sudane...

Are all janjaweed Arabs? Are all people from Darfur black Africans? I still don't get it. Maybe I'm a bit dim today. Aren't ...

Dec 8 2006 Sudan Tribune article - Sudan accuses world of silence on Darfur rebels' attacks - excerpt: Sudanese president Omar Hassan a...

The International Committee of the Red Cross said on Thursday it was sharply cutting its budget for Sudan next year and halting food distrib...

Dec 8 2006 Reuters report Attack on ICRC forces aid groups out of Darfur town (via WP): A number of aid agencies evacuated their staff from...

Darfur, which means land of the Fur, has faced many years of tension over land and grazing rights between the mostly nomadic Arabs, and farm...

From Soldier of Africa: All Calm on the Western Front? Yesterday ten AMIS vehicles were damaged by stone-throwing people in town. Friendly h...

From Soldier of Africa: Christmas Joy? With Christmas approaching I would appreciate anybody sending me and the other guys some things to ma...

France has about 300 troops stationed in the CAR to provide logistical and intelligence support, and to help plan and conduct operations wit...

Dec 7 2006 Reuters report by Tansa Musa. Excerpt: Up to 30,000 refugees fleeing conflicts in Chad and the Central African Republic have cr...

Dec 7 2006 Reuters - "The rebels entered Biltine this morning with more than 100 vehicles and heavy equipment," a government mili...

OurPledge.org - The "I Stand with Darfur" Campaign demands that: "President Bush stop trading the lives of Darfurians for Su...

Dec 7 2006 Belfast Telegraph report by Elizabeth Davies UN airlifts staff out of Darfur town as Janjaweed move in . Excerpt: Dozens of non-...

Dec 7 2006 Reuters report (via ST) tells us UN SRSG Jan Pronk will return to Khartoum on Thursday to hand over his duties to his chief assi...

Dec 6 2006 Sudan Tribune (NYALA, South Darfur) A new rebel group in Sudan's troubled Darfur region said they repulsed an attack by the ...

Note to self. Someone in the UK emailed me BBC news report today on El Al Jewish Sabbath ban sought - with this note: "..........we ...

Huge thanks to Werner of Soldier of Africa blog for Answers to Questions . Lovely surprise, very interesting, thanks! Here is a copy: Tues...

Dec 5 2006 Reuters report via WP Ceasefire needed before peacekeepers in Darfur: UN - excerpt: A ceasefire and political talks must take pl...

Dec 4 2006 Reuters report via ST Dec 5 - excerpt: "Because of the continuing deterioration of the security situation, there was a U.N....

Via Soldier of Africa Dec 5 2006 UN NGO's Leave El Fashier : This is Ehab Nazih from Egypt. He arrived at our house two days ago and wa...